And it could be that fans will be seeing the group of players who will carry Leicester through the next couple of months as the Premiership Cup returns for a week before the Six Nations takes centre stage.

So Saturday could be a chance for a number of players to make a mark ahead of that period of the season as well as maintaining the momentum coming from the win over Gloucester.

"More than anything for this group we need to look at this as our own opportunity to do what we can with it," Bateman said.